Business Week with Sheryle Bagwell

Australia has managed to dodge the worst of the fallout from the global financial crisis. But that doesn't mean there hasn't been any pain: just ask the 4,000 or so customers of the failed Queensland-based advisory firm Storm Financial. It collapsed in January, leaving investors with losses of around $3 billion. It also sparked a fierce debate about the quality of advice handed out by financial planners and the way they are paid. A parliamentary joint-committee set up this year to examine those failures is due to release its findings today.